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PBS PLTW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%CORRECT | LATEST UPDATE 2025
emergency response team - ANSWER individuals who direct the execution of a
disaster recovery plan
paramedic - ANSWER An individual who has extensive training in advanced life
support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac
monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills.
emergency medicine physician - ANSWER Specialist in advanced cardiac life
support, resuscitation, trauma care such as fractures and soft tissue injuries, and
management of other life threatening situations
Disaster Response technician - ANSWER Works on the ground in disaster and
accident zones, terror attacks. There main job is to clean up toxic and hazardous
materials
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) - ANSWER An individual who has training
in basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive
airway adjunct, and assisting patients with certain medications.
Emergency medical nurse practitioner - ANSWER works in collaboration with a
physician to assess the physical needs of patients admitted to the emergency
room. Orders, interprets, and records results of clinical tests and reports results to
physicians.
emergency services coordinator - ANSWER Develop, manage, and coordinate
emergency management programs. Remain calm and effective during
, emergencies. Lead, direct, and monitor the work of assigned staff during both
routine and emergency operations.
triage nurse - ANSWER The nurse who admits or evaluates the patient in the
emergency room
Emergency Communications Specialists - ANSWER Employees in this position
are the first contact for citizens who need immediate assistance from police, fire
or emergency medical agencies. Work involves responsibility for receiving calls for
assistance, prioritizing those calls, and dispatching using the appropriate
procedures.
Steps of scene size-up - ANSWER Control the situation, Look for potential
hazards, Assess the situation, Protect and prioritize
Primary Assessment - ANSWER A step within the patient assessment process
that identifies and initiates treatment of immediate and potential life threats.
Secondary Assessment - ANSWER A step within the patient assessment
process in which a systematic physical examination of the patient is performed.
The examination may be a systematic full-body scan or a systematic assessment
that focuses on a certain area or region of the body, often determined through the
chief complaint.
Primary Assessment Steps - ANSWER Form a general impression of the patient,
Determine the Mechanism of Injury (MOI), Determine the patient's
responsiveness, Consider stabilizing the patient's spine, Check the patient's ABCs
(Airway, Breathing, and Circulation)
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